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The team

Im2 runs on contributed time from instructors, clinicians, designers and engineers.

Jerry Cambra

Jerry Cambra

Founder and Board Chair

Dual certified MBSR instructor, trained at UMass and Brown.

  • Has taught MBSR to 800+ people since 2016
  • Designed the Imagine Mindfulness curriculum, and the Beginnings course that follows it
  • Took Im2 through IRS approval as a 501(c)(3) in 2024
  • Came to the method after mindfulness practice took his own irregular heartbeat from 30% of the time to under 10%, in 8 weeks
Ted Meissner

Ted Meissner

Curriculum Lead and Lead Instructor

UMass Center for Mindfulness certified MBSR teacher.

  • Has taught mindfulness to 6,000+ people
  • Supervises mindfulness teachers internationally, for the Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches
  • Published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, and a peer reviewer for the journal Mindfulness
  • Has taught or presented at Apple, UnitedHealth, Optum, UMass Medical School and the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation

Program and curriculum

Pam Nicholas-Hoff

Pam Nicholas-Hoff

Curriculum and Instruction
Gabby Diaz

Gabby Diaz

Program Design and Community Support
Jess Battersby

Jess Battersby

Program Design and Continuing Support
Nina Tang

Nina Tang

Program Development
Michael Nelson

Michael Nelson

Program Design and Continuing Support
Leo Costa

Leo Costa

Children and Teen Programs
Cecilia Kinzie

Cecilia Kinzie

Program Development
Yulin Chen

Yulin Chen

Instructor and Program Review

Production and technology

Diego Leal Togni

Diego Leal Togni

Technology Lead
Patrice Séjalon

Patrice Séjalon

Content Production
Tamina Braunewell

Tamina Braunewell

Voiceover and Guided Practices

Outreach, funding and access

Dee Cowie

Dee Cowie

Finance and Development
Sydney Carty

Sydney Carty

Grants and Outreach
Valentina Mercadante

Valentina Mercadante

Marketing and Outreach
Genny Mar

Genny Mar

Marketing and Outreach
Jenelle Lien

Jenelle Lien

Accounting
John Torok

John Torok

Scholarships and Access
Nate Davis

Nate Davis

Branding and Marketing
Philippe Séjalon

Philippe Séjalon

Marketing and Partnerships
Derry Deringer

Derry Deringer

Nonprofit Development

Elizabeth Langston

Grants and Development

Board of directors

  • Gerald (Jerry) Cambra
    Chair and founder
  • Pam Nicholas-Hoff
    Vice-Chair
  • Colleen Cambra
    President
  • Aubrey Perez
    Secretary
  • Tim Kurtz
    Treasurer
  • Dee Cowie
  • Vicki Durso